Musicals is the new magazine celebrating the World of Musical Theatre, from the West End to Broadway and beyond.

Every issue brings you exclusive interviews with the stars of the shows and their creative teams, from producers and designers to composers and lyricists; in-depth coverage of the best live productions, from the West End and Broadway to international and regional productions; as well as reviews of the latest recordings and releases.

• Tom Francis has had a spectacular year, rising from virtual unknown to 2024 Best Actor in a Musical Olivier Award winner. He catches up with Matt Wolf as he makes his Broadway debut reprising his role as Joe Gillis in Jamie Lloyd’s radical reimagining of Sunset Boulevard opposite Nicole Scherzinger.

 

• As a brand-new staging of Dear Evan Hansen opens at Nottingham Playhouse before touring the UK, Tim Bano talks to the cast and creative team about how attitudes towards mental health have changed since the show’s premiere in 2016 and using social media for good, as the production’s Alternate Evan has been cast via a TikTok search. 

 

• Jethro Compton and Darren Clark speak to Julia Rank about their folk-infused actor-musician show The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as it journeys from Southwark Playhouse to the West End, by way of the Cornish coast. 

 

• Musical Theatre legend Elaine Paige returns to our pages with her regular column celebrating the shows that revolutionised Musical Theatre. This time, it’s roller-skating extravaganza Starlight Express. 

 

• Hello Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, 101 Dalmatians, Oliver! and Why Am I So Single?feature in our UK show reviews – and don’t miss our Broadway review of Sutton Foster delivering a musical comedy masterclass in Once Upon a Mattress. 

 

• Read about John Wilson’s recording of Carousel in its entirety, Jason Robert Brown’s The Connector, as well as a new album from Patti LuPone and unearthed Judy Garland in our expert recording reviews.